College of Agricultural Sciences

A. K. Ehrlich, Pennington, J. M., Bisson, W. H., Kolluri, S., and Kerkvliet, N. I., “TCDD, FICZ, and other high affinity AhR ligands dose-dependently determine the fate of CD4+ T cell differentiation.”, Toxicol Sci, 2018.

N. I. Kerkvliet, “T Lymphocytes Are Direct, Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR)-Dependent Targets of 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD): AhR Expression in Both CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells Is Necessary for Full Suppression of a Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Response by TCDD”, Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, vol. 185, no. 2, pp. 146 - 152, 2002.

A. Perkins, Phillips, J. Lynne, Kerkvliet, N. I., Tanguay, R. L., Perdew, G. H., Kolluri, S. K., and Bisson, W. H., “A Structural Switch between Agonist and Antagonist Bound Conformations for a Ligand-Optimized Model of the Human Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Ligand Binding Domain.”, Biology (Basel), vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 645-69, 2014.

A. Perkins, Phillips, J. Lynne, Kerkvliet, N. I., Tanguay, R., Perdew, G. H., Kolluri, S., and Bisson, W. H., “A structural switch between agonist and antagonist bound conformations for a ligand-optimized model of the human aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligand binding domain”, Biology, vol. 3, pp. 645–669, 2014.

N. I. Kerkvliet, “Recent advances in understanding the mechanisms of TCDD immunotoxicity.”, Int Immunopharmacol, vol. 2, no. 2-3, pp. 277-91, 2002.

W. H. Bisson, Koch, D. C., O'Donnell, E. F., Khalil, S. M., Kerkvliet, N. I., Tanguay, R. L., Abagyan, R., and Kolluri, S. Kumar, “Modeling of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) ligand binding domain and its utility in virtual ligand screening to predict new AhR ligands”, Journal of medicinal chemistry, vol. 52, pp. 5635–5641, 2009.

W. H. Bisson, Koch, D. C., O'Donnell, E. F., Khalil, S. M., Kerkvliet, N. I., Tanguay, R. L., Abagyan, R., and Kolluri, S. Kumar, “Modeling of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) ligand binding domain and its utility in virtual ligand screening to predict new AhR ligands.”, J Med Chem, vol. 52, no. 18, pp. 5635-41, 2009.

W. H. Bisson, Koch, D. C., Donnell, E. F. ’, Khalil, S. M., Kerkvliet, N. I., Tanguay, R. L., Abagyan, R., and Kolluri, S., “Modeling of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR) Ligand Binding Domain and Its Utility in Virtual Ligand Screening to Predict New AhR Ligands”, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, vol. 52, no. 18, pp. 5635 - 5641, 2009.

E. A. Dearstyne and Kerkvliet, N. I., “Mechanism of 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)-induced decrease in anti-CD3-activated CD4+ T cells: the roles of apoptosis, Fas, and TNF”, Toxicology, vol. 170, pp. 139–151, 2002.

B. A. Vorderstrasse and Kerkvliet, N. I., “Influence of 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin on the Antigen-Presenting Activity of Dendritic Cells”, Toxicological Sciences, vol. 72, no. 1, pp. 103 - 112, 2003.

H. Sang Jang, Pearce, M. C., O'Donnell, E. F., Nguyen, B. Duc, Truong, L., Mueller, M. J., Bisson, W. H., Kerkvliet, N. I., Tanguay, R. L., and Kolluri, S., “Identification of a Raloxifene Analog That Promotes AhR-Mediated Apoptosis in Cancer Cells.”, Biology (Basel), vol. 6, no. 4, 2017.

H. Jang, Pearce, M. C., O'Donnell, E. F., Nguyen, B., Truong, L., Mueller, M. J., Bisson, W. H., Kerkvliet, N. I., Tanguay, R. L., and Kolluri, S., “Identification of a Raloxifene Analog That Promotes AhR-Mediated Apoptosis in Cancer Cells”, Biology (Basel), vol. 6, no. 4, 2017.

J. - Y. Choi, Oughton, J. A., and Kerkvliet, N. I., “Functional alterations in CD11b(+)Gr-1(+) cells in mice injected with allogeneic tumor cells and treated with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin.”, Int Immunopharmacol, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 553-70, 2003.

C. J. Funatake and Kerkvliet, N. I., “Early Consequences of 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin Exposure on the Activation and Survival of Antigen-Specific T Cells”, Toxicological Sciences, vol. 82, no. 1, pp. 129 - 142, 2004.

B. Mahadevan, Luch, A., Bravo, C. F., Atkin, J., Steppan, L. B., Pereira, C. B., Kerkvliet, N. I., and Baird, W. M., “Dibenzo[a,l]pyrene induced DNA adduct formation in lung tissue in vivo.”, Cancer Lett, vol. 227, no. 1, pp. 25-32, 2005.

B. Mahadevan, Luch, A., Bravo, C. F., Atkin, J., Steppan, L. B., Pereira, C. B., Kerkvliet, N. I., and Baird, W. M., “Dibenzo[a,l]pyrene induced DNA adduct formation in lung tissue in vivo”, Cancer Letters, vol. 227, no. 1, pp. 25 - 32, 2005.

C. J. Funatake, Marshall, N. B., Steppan, L. B., Mourich, D. V., and Kerkvliet, N. I., “Cutting edge: activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin generates a population of CD4+ CD25+ cells with characteristics of regulatory T cells.”, J Immunol, vol. 175, no. 7, pp. 4184-8, 2005.

R. A. Prell, Dearstyne, E., Steppan, L. G., Vella, A. T., and Kerkvliet, N. I., “CTL Hyporesponsiveness Induced by 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin: Role of Cytokines and Apoptosis”, Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, vol. 166, no. 3, pp. 214 - 221, 2000.

J. R. Maxwell, Ruby, C., Kerkvliet, N. I., and Vella, A. T., “Contrasting the roles of costimulation and the natural adjuvant lipopolysaccharide during the induction of T cell immunity”, The Journal of Immunology, vol. 168, pp. 4372–4381, 2002.

S. Punj, Kopparapu, P., Jang, H. Sang, Phillips, J. Lynne, Pennington, J. M., Rohlman, D., O'Donnell, E. F., Iversen, P. L., Kolluri, S., and Kerkvliet, N. I., “Benzimidazoisoquinolines: a new class of rapidly metabolized aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) ligands that induce AhR-dependent Tregs and prevent murine graft-versus-host disease.”, PLoS One, vol. 9, no. 2, p. e88726, 2014.

B. A. Vorderstrasse, Steppan, L. B., Silverstone, A. E., and Kerkvliet, N. I., “Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor-Deficient Mice Generate Normal Immune Responses to Model Antigens and Are Resistant to TCDD-Induced Immune Suppression”, Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, vol. 171, no. 3, pp. 157 - 164, 2001.

E. F. O'Donnell, Kopparapu, P. Rao, Koch, D. C., Jang, H. Sang, Phillips, J. Lynne, Tanguay, R. L., Kerkvliet, N. I., and Kolluri, S. Kumar, “The aryl hydrocarbon receptor mediates leflunomide-induced growth inhibition of melanoma cells.”, PLoS One, vol. 7, no. 7, p. e40926, 2012.

E. F. O'Donnell, Jang, H. Sang, Pearce, M. C., Kerkvliet, N. I., and Kolluri, S., “The aryl hydrocarbon receptor is required for induction of p21cip1/waf1 expression and growth inhibition by SU5416 in hepatoma cells.”, Oncotarget, vol. 8, no. 15, pp. 25211-25225, 2017.

E. F. O'Donnell, Saili, K. S., Koch, D. C., Kopparapu, P. R., Farrer, D., Bisson, W. H., Mathew, L. K., Sengupta, S., Kerkvliet, N. I., Tanguay, R. L., and Kolluri, S. Kumar, “The anti-inflammatory drug leflunomide is an agonist of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor.”, PLoS One, vol. 5, no. 10, 2010.

E. F. O'Donnell, Saili, K. S., Koch, D. C., Kopparapu, P. R., Farrer, D., Bisson, W. H., Mathew, L. K., Sengupta, S., Kerkvliet, N. I., Tanguay, R., and , “The anti-inflammatory drug leflunomide is an agonist of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor”, PLoS One, vol. 5, p. e13128, 2010.